58 · Aussieveedubbers

Wannavee · 30 Mar 2011, 2:42 pm

Jjust bought this at Day of VW in SA last weekend

Stooooooked!

benjicon · 30 Mar 2011, 3:32 pm

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit yeah !!!! More pics please. 🙂

Scarab · 30 Mar 2011, 3:56 pm

Nice one Lee!!

Congrats mate

Scarab (aka: Paul)

captainvw · 30 Mar 2011, 7:24 pm

way better than that bus of yours !

Wannavee · 30 Mar 2011, 8:01 pm

Onya Captain 😂

Here ya go. Tried making the pics bigger,no luck.
Cheers for the comments

wolfgang54 · 30 Mar 2011, 9:03 pm

Wannavee wrote:Jjust bought this at Day of VW in SA last weekend

Stooooooked!

very nice

Wannavee · 30 Mar 2011, 9:07 pm

Cheers bud
Eyebrows are off now NUG!

benjicon · 30 Mar 2011, 9:09 pm

There ya go mate.

Benny.

Wannavee · 30 Mar 2011, 9:13 pm

Cheers Benny,champ

waveman1500 · 30 Mar 2011, 9:23 pm

Wow, that's a seriously nice car dude. Congratulations! I thought that I was unleashing by buying myself a polished stainless Sidewinder exhaust at DOVW!

benjicon · 30 Mar 2011, 9:34 pm

No worries man .. I'm even more envious now I have seen the big pics.. 😉

Doctor · 31 Mar 2011, 10:56 am

Nice stuff Lee, as I said when i saw it, Can't wait to cruise with you... even though i do Miss the panel!

Joel · 31 Mar 2011, 7:32 pm

Wow thats tidy, certainly wasn't expecting that engine, was thinking just a 1200.
What size is it?

Also that generator is out of alignment, needs to be rotated 90degrees clockwise so the bearings get cooling air.

Paulc1964au · 31 Mar 2011, 7:34 pm

That's a beautiful beetle I'm envious

Mr Muppet · 31 Mar 2011, 8:48 pm

Now thats how I like them, street sleeper

Wannavee · 31 Mar 2011, 8:54 pm

Cheers fellas,I appreciate it
I'm really stoked with this one.
I sold my 60 Ghia 3 moths ago to buy a split kombi that I have wanted since getting into VW's 3 years ago.
Times and situations change,so I consolidated,sold the bus last week (for no profit,so I'm not a flipper.Shut up Chris) and was on the hunt for something I could restore (to a point)
Found something then got shafted buy the seller 2 days before I saw this 58 at SA Day of VW.
I saw it come in on the trailer,went and had a look straight away,asked if I could buy it without the Sprintstars,then handed over a deposit within a few minutes.
The previous owner obviously loved it and did some nice subtle touches.Indicators in the rear grilles and headlights, aerial in rear grille also etc.
Its a 1600 dual port with 36mm Webers.Apparently its a stock engine but I won;t know till it gets freshend up with bigger cc's.
It drives so well and tight,so itll stay this way for a little while anyway.

A DUB 4.5 beam is getting built within weeks though

Joel,cheers mate,I wouldnt have noticed that.Gunna get an alternator in the near future but will do as you advise

type3disease · 31 Mar 2011, 9:08 pm

sing out next week mate when ya done with it...

hopefully ya might swap it for something I have...

nah looks ace - enjoy it mate... just make sure you have it long enough to drive to a melb show...😵‍💫

Wannavee · 31 Mar 2011, 9:20 pm

Bloody smartass

At least TWO weeks mate,and I have your number

Doctor · 31 Mar 2011, 9:25 pm

Wannavee wrote:Cheers fellas,I appreciate it
I'm really stoked with this one.
I sold my 60 Ghia 3 moths ago to buy a split kombi that I have wanted since getting into VW's 3 years ago.
Times and situations change,so I consolidated,sold the bus last week (for no profit,so I'm not a flipper.Shut up Chris) and was on the hunt for something I could restore (to a point)
Found something then got shafted buy the seller 2 days before I saw this 58 at SA Day of VW.
I saw it come in on the trailer,went and had a look straight away,asked if I could buy it without the Sprintstars,then handed over a deposit within a few minutes.
The previous owner obviously loved it and did some nice subtle touches.Indicators in the rear grilles and headlights, aerial in rear grille also etc.
Its a 1600 dual port with 36mm Webers.Apparently its a stock engine but I won;t know till it gets freshend up with bigger cc's.
It drives so well and tight,so itll stay this way for a little while anyway.

A DUB 4.5 beam is getting built within weeks though

Joel,cheers mate,I wouldnt have noticed that.Gunna get an alternator in the near future but will do as you advise

You wont have it long enough to freshen it up, let alone build it bigger! Bloody Flippers...

But really... Great buy mate, You know im not a big beetle man, but that thing is damn nice... Now you have one, im tempted to sell mine...

captainvw · 31 Mar 2011, 9:28 pm

nice almost to nice for you Lee

Wannavee · 31 Mar 2011, 10:26 pm

yeah cheers LJ.....ya cock!

Though I must agree there mate,maybe I should sell it n buy a nice fatty?

Philevs · 2 Apr 2011, 4:02 pm

Nice dub

bugking · 3 Apr 2011, 8:12 pm

58s' are great!👍

rbdestroyer · 5 Apr 2011, 9:07 pm

thats bloody beautiful! exactly what im aiming for with the girls 64

Doctor · 6 Apr 2011, 8:49 pm

Heard a rumor this had been sold again... So what ya bought now :P

Wannavee · 6 Apr 2011, 10:43 pm

Yeah yeah yeah. Boring

sikras · 12 Apr 2011, 9:48 pm

can i ask how much you paid for something like that, cause thats what im looking to get and not to sure what is a reasonable price for somethin in that condition

Nickster · 12 Apr 2011, 10:10 pm

schweeeeet ride!

stingrayhead · 19 Apr 2011, 10:17 pm

nice combo...

Wannavee · 23 Apr 2011, 8:21 am

Damn! Fontana grey? Whats the drivetrain etc?
Cool ride mate

stingrayhead · 25 Apr 2011, 10:32 pm

Alabaster. Bad photo sorry, I'll post again when it's buffed. Divetrain is 1500 box with s/p 1600, o.k for the mo, another work in progress.
Flappers on 205/70's on the back now and shopping for 145's for front. Haven't seen too many with such a subtle two tone, I agonised for a year on that.

Wannavee · 29 Apr 2011, 9:04 pm

I agonised for about 3 minutes then handed over a deposit